Benjamin F. Thompson and Joanna Kling

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Husband Benjamin F. Thompson ¹

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           Born: 31 Jul 1821 - near Mackeyville, Clinton Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1898
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         Father: Moses Thompson (      -1847) 1
         Mother: Hannah Betts (1792-1886) 1

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       Marriage: 31 May 1852 - Mackeyville, Clinton Co, PA 1

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Wife Joanna Kling ¹

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           Born: 15 Sep 1831 - Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Kling (1794-Abt 1866) 2
         Mother: Margaret Shafer (Abt 1797-1844) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin F. Thompson

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Until thirty-three years of age he remained upon the home farm, assisting his brothers in paying off the mortgage on the same after he attained his majority. For three years after his marriage, he rented the farm on which he was born, and in the spring of 1855 removed to what became known as the Brookside farm in Lamar township, Clinton County, which he purchased from Hudson Williams. There he continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until the spring of 1874, when he went to Lewisburg, and after three years there passed, he returned to the farm, but in 1882 he laid aside business cares, and began to occupy a pleasant home on Jones street, Lock Haven, where he was surrounded by all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. In the autumn of 1881 he purchased seventy-five and one-half acres in Allison township, Clinton County, which was operated by a tenant.
He was officially connected with the Methodist Church, of which he and his wife were earnest and consistent members. Originally, Mr. Thompson was a Whig in politics, and later a stalwart Republican, but he never cared for office, at one time refusing to serve after being elected justice of the peace.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1177.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1178.